ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan has established a new long-term partnership with Bloomberg to release the U-M Surveys of Consumers starting in January 2015 on a non-exclusive basis. "I am very pleased with this new agreement, which provides for the simultaneous release of the monthly consumer sentiment data to the public and to
TROY - Automation Alley will welcome speakers from Microsoft, Dell and AT&T for a lunch ?n? learn event called Mobile Computing for the Enterprise Oct. 29, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at its headquarters in Troy. Organized by Automation Alley?s Technology Committee, this event is open to Automation Alley members and non-members. The event
DETROIT - There was a popular TV commercial back in the 1990s that featured two security guards on patrol in a scary cement tunnel. Cue the sound of running footsteps and the dramatic chase music as our guys desperately pursue an unknown intruder through the tunnel. Then they stop, a look of satisfaction spreads across
LANSING - A team from the Grand Rapids area recently took home the grand prize and $15,000 at Code Michigan. The second annual event began Friday and ran through Sunday, Oct. 5. Residents from around the state competed at three different locations in Detroit, Newaygo and Marquette. First, second and third place awards were presented
AUBURN HILLS - The Macomb-OU INCubator announced a pitch competition that will award $20,000 in cash and in-kind prizes to Michigan small businesses. Prizes: First Place: $8,500 (cash) | Mac-OU INC service package Second Place: $1,500 (cash) | Mac-OU INC cubicle (one-year lease) | consultation with Butzel Long (5 hours) | strategic-planning session with Advicoach
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder appears to be solidifying a consistent lead over his Democratic opponent, Mark Schauer, in two polls that came out Tuesday showing a developing trend of Snyder leading Schauer with a percentage outside the margin of error. In both polls, one by Lansing-based Marketing Resource Group, and the second by the
LANSING - Republican hopes of finally winning a U.S. Senate seat in Michigan appear in serious danger of vanishing with a raft of new polls in the last week showing Democratic U.S. Rep. Gary Peters opening up a sizeable lead over Republican Terri Land and the decision of the National Republican Senatorial Committee to pull
GRAND RAPIDS - The KR Group is launching a campaign introducing DataKARE, a business continuity and disaster recovery product that works to simplify data backup. Disaster recovery plans are crucial since data loss can seriously harm or end a business. Over 90 percent of businesses fail within two years after being struck by a disaster,
ANN ARBOR ? Now that gas prices are falling, gas mileage of new vehicles sold in the United States is falling too, thanks to increased sales of lights trucks, vans and SUVs purchased in September, according to researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. Average fuel economy (window-sticker values) of cars, light trucks,
MARQUETTE - It?s old news that open-source 3D printing is cheaper than conventional manufacturing, not to mention greener and incredibly useful for making everything from lab equipment to chess pieces. Now it?s time to add another star to the 3D printing constellation. It may help lift some of the world?s most destitute people from poverty